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. Patented filet; 52d, lll-992g 'erin TESSE C. FURINER, 0F FRIESN, GALlCliORlll'lIAL FlGr PRDUCT.

Application inea nay 1e,

1 'o all fio/tom t may concern Be it known that l, Jnssn C. Femmina,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Fresno, in the countyof Fresno and he State Vof California., have invented a .new and useful improvement in Fig Prodi u cts, of tion.

coinp ose productwhioh the following is a specificali/ly invention relates to a new product d of fresh and dried. ligs, which can be used asta conifectiomas an `ingredient for candies, bakers goods or other edible purposes. lt is known among;-

"those, who handle figs that the taste of a dried is materially different from the taste of vary in a fresh ripe iig, that dried flavor, and that most undersized i figs when dried have a fiat flavor, and less sugar content than the larger varieties and the small figs are usually hard and fibrous.

2 a weight of` approximately 120 pounds to ak jelly-like consistency. lf the figs are na-`` i turally Ordinary dried figs arecleansed dipped in n is concentrated in sugar content and flavor,

Amon inrcntio product g the objects ll` have attained. in my n 1s the production of a paste or out offlgs which can be used as a confection, or which can be used in a variety of form s as ingredients with other edible products, such as a filler Kfor chocolate candy and filler for ples and cakes, or itcan be pressed the additions referred to.`

that the nearly t into forms and `is palatable without lt also noted paste l) have jnfoduced retains more henatural taste of first grade figs,

is uniform and blended, and that in partit can be made from dried figs which are not commonly rated as a commercially first class product.

To accomplish these and other objects hereinafter set forth I take approximatelyT 100 pounds of fresh ripe figs, `add approximately 8O pounds of sugar or its equivalent in syruj'),` and oook saidmixture down to sweet, the sugar can be omitted.

salt water, then dried, then steamed and groundy done by able for .i bf) an d the `dried aojain after` which the dried iio's are i r a into a paste. vlhe grinding; can be.`

any of the well known meansadaptthat purpose. `The fresh fig paste dry paste are then `thorou,hly

paste to two parts dried fig,r paste; The fresh paste thus made and by proportion of approximately` 192i. sei-iai naissante.

the paste formed of the dried figs, the taste of the entire mass is blended so that it is changed into a new product which is equal, or superior to the first grade dried figs now on the i market, notwithstanding the fao, that dried figs .used may be deliciei'it in su content and flavor.

The process for making` lig' paste described i has produced better results than other processes with which l have experimented, but it is herein `noted that somewhat similar results may be obtained by cooking the dried figs and fresh figs together and adding-gthe sweetening` element if the naturalfigs vare l.. ik process for .making food product consistingr of cooking ten parts of fresh ripe figs and eight parts of sugar to a jelly, and mixin` therewith a paste of `ground ripe in the proportion of approximately two parts of paste` toone of jelly, substantially as described.

2. A process for making a food product consisting of mining` together two parts of dehydrated figs which have been ground to a paste with one part of fresh ripe figs which `have been cooked. j

3. A figproduct composed of drhydrated figs ground to a paste7 fresh ripe cooked figsnnd sugar all `thoroughly mixed together, substantially as described.

l. food composed of cookedfresh ripe figs and ground` dried figs mixed together. i

5. fi process for making a food product consisting of cooking fresh ripe figs to a jelly, then adding thereto paste composed of ground dried figs in the proportion of approxin'iatelyone part of the lip; jelly totwo parts of the paste, said paste and jelly being thoroughly mired together1 substantially as described.`

'6. food composed of cooked fresh ripe sweetened gs und ground dried figs mined together. j

JESSE C. FURKNER. 

